Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Morgans North, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Morgans North
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.62167, -9.02427
- SMR number
- LI010-034----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying area of pasture and rock outcrop, 50m from shoreline of Shannon estuary. Roughly circular area (31m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.95m). Entirely surrounding bank is field boundary which overlies outer foot of bank in places. Latter is abutted by field boundaries at E, SE and W. Gaps in bank at WSW (Wth 1.3m) and ENE (Wth 1.1m) where cattle access interior. Interior, covered by tall nettles and bracken, has many loose stones scattered over surface.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.